MickieMorganfield
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Rep. Moskowitz EXPOSES GOP’s Jan 6 Lies Using Their Own Words!
YouTube video by Political Voices Network
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January 25, 2026 at 11:36 PM
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... (When the one other thing might turn out to be "a feeling of existential dread, like a giant fist tightening around my chest," the humor gets deliciously weird before it gets a little dark)
The ‘One Other Thing’ That Comes With Every Trump-Era Dinner
The Agriculture secretary suggests one corn tortilla, one piece of broccoli, one piece of chicken, and one inscrutable last thing.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:38 PM
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... (When the one other thing might turn out to be "a feeling of existential dread, like a giant fist tightening around my chest," the humor gets deliciously weird before it gets a little dark)
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hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
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Calling protest “lawlessness,” faith communities “mobs,” and local governance “obstruction” is how they justify overreach. We see it for what it is. Minnesota does not need permission to protect its people, its rights, or its democracy.
January 25, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Calling protest “lawlessness,” faith communities “mobs,” and local governance “obstruction” is how they justify overreach. We see it for what it is. Minnesota does not need permission to protect its people, its rights, or its democracy.
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You said it TP...
Kristi Noem’s Alleged Boyfriend Is Back to Run DHS Behind the Scenes
Corey Lewandowski, who was just supposed to be a temp, is still at the Department of Homeland Security.
newrepublic.com/post/205613/...
Kristi Noem’s Alleged Boyfriend Is Back to Run DHS Behind the Scenes
Corey Lewandowski, who was just supposed to be a temp, is still at the Department of Homeland Security.
newrepublic.com/post/205613/...
Kristi Noem’s Alleged Boyfriend Is Back to Run DHS Behind the Scenes
Corey Lewandowski, who was just supposed to be a temp, is still at the Department of Homeland Security.
newrepublic.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
You said it TP...
Kristi Noem’s Alleged Boyfriend Is Back to Run DHS Behind the Scenes
Corey Lewandowski, who was just supposed to be a temp, is still at the Department of Homeland Security.
newrepublic.com/post/205613/...
Kristi Noem’s Alleged Boyfriend Is Back to Run DHS Behind the Scenes
Corey Lewandowski, who was just supposed to be a temp, is still at the Department of Homeland Security.
newrepublic.com/post/205613/...
wapo.st/49Zqv1L Video shows Alex Pretti with a phone in his R hand, helping a woman on the ground, filming, L hand deflecting spray from agent who pushed woman. 7 agents beat Pretti to his knees. His weapon appears only when an agent carries it from the scene. Restrained Pretti is shot 10 times.
Federal agent secured gun from Minn. man before fatal shooting, videos show
A Washington Post analysis of videos sheds light on the encounter that left 37-year-old Alex Pretti dead.
wapo.st
January 25, 2026 at 5:42 PM
wapo.st/49Zqv1L Video shows Alex Pretti with a phone in his R hand, helping a woman on the ground, filming, L hand deflecting spray from agent who pushed woman. 7 agents beat Pretti to his knees. His weapon appears only when an agent carries it from the scene. Restrained Pretti is shot 10 times.
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I served 25 years in the Army. What I saw today was un-American. A VA ICU nurse is dead after federal agents were unleashed on a U.S. city at the whim of a sick and disturbed president.
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 AM
I served 25 years in the Army. What I saw today was un-American. A VA ICU nurse is dead after federal agents were unleashed on a U.S. city at the whim of a sick and disturbed president.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Today DHS agents killed Alex Pretti, 37, a registered nurse working in the ICU @ Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Pretti studied nursing and research at the University of Minnesota. Deeply caring, hard working. “The sweetest, kindest, gentlest soul you ever met”
Today DHS agents killed Alex Pretti, 37, a registered nurse working in the ICU @ Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Pretti studied nursing and research at the University of Minnesota. Deeply caring, hard working. “The sweetest, kindest, gentlest soul you ever met”
January 24, 2026 at 11:23 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Today DHS agents killed Alex Pretti, 37, a registered nurse working in the ICU @ Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Pretti studied nursing and research at the University of Minnesota. Deeply caring, hard working. “The sweetest, kindest, gentlest soul you ever met”
Today DHS agents killed Alex Pretti, 37, a registered nurse working in the ICU @ Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Pretti studied nursing and research at the University of Minnesota. Deeply caring, hard working. “The sweetest, kindest, gentlest soul you ever met”
theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/24/minneapolis-shooting-live#img-1 The man killed by ICE today, Alex Pretti, 37, was an ICU Nurse at Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Beaten by a gang of DHS agents after helping an observer hit by pepper spray. Shot ten times lying on a Minneapolis sidewalk.
January 24, 2026 at 11:19 PM
theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/24/minneapolis-shooting-live#img-1 The man killed by ICE today, Alex Pretti, 37, was an ICU Nurse at Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Beaten by a gang of DHS agents after helping an observer hit by pepper spray. Shot ten times lying on a Minneapolis sidewalk.
newrepublic.com/post/205582/... Minneapolis parents put stuffed animals on their dashboards so kids could identify the safe cars with volunteers assigned to ferry them safely home from school. ICE started doing the same thing. From Kristi Noem to the lowliest desk jockey, ICE will abduct children.
This Year’s First Big Stupid Idea: “Retrain ICE”
Some things get so evil that they forfeit their right to exist. Trump’s rogue paramilitary gangs are one of them.
newrepublic.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:34 PM
newrepublic.com/post/205582/... Minneapolis parents put stuffed animals on their dashboards so kids could identify the safe cars with volunteers assigned to ferry them safely home from school. ICE started doing the same thing. From Kristi Noem to the lowliest desk jockey, ICE will abduct children.
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They say “where’s the gun?” — After the shots
Because they don’t realize one of them had already taken it — before the shots
Because they don’t realize one of them had already taken it — before the shots
January 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM
They say “where’s the gun?” — After the shots
Because they don’t realize one of them had already taken it — before the shots
Because they don’t realize one of them had already taken it — before the shots
nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice?smid=url-share Videos contradict Homeland Security, who said the man approached CBP with a handgun and the intent to “massacre” them. Alex Pettri, RN, is holding a phone, not a gun, when five agents gather to tackle, beat, and shoot him 10 times..
January 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM
nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice?smid=url-share Videos contradict Homeland Security, who said the man approached CBP with a handgun and the intent to “massacre” them. Alex Pettri, RN, is holding a phone, not a gun, when five agents gather to tackle, beat, and shoot him 10 times..
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u... Footage shows Pretti holding a phone, not a gun, when the agents took him to the ground and shot him.
A small group of protesters stands in the street, speaking to a federal agent as whistles sound. Pretti appears to be filming with his phone and directing traffic.
A small group of protesters stands in the street, speaking to a federal agent as whistles sound. Pretti appears to be filming with his phone and directing traffic.
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:44 PM
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u... Footage shows Pretti holding a phone, not a gun, when the agents took him to the ground and shot him.
A small group of protesters stands in the street, speaking to a federal agent as whistles sound. Pretti appears to be filming with his phone and directing traffic.
A small group of protesters stands in the street, speaking to a federal agent as whistles sound. Pretti appears to be filming with his phone and directing traffic.
www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/b... As with other Trump international developments, Trump Org doesn't build or own the Punta del Este tower. Here it licenses the “Trump” name to Argentine developers and gets a cut of revenue for PR and sales a money laundering tax haven. Dirty or dodgy, the pay is good.
Inside a Flashy Trump Project in Uruguay: Cash Shortages and Mismanagement (Published 2019)
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:10 PM
www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/b... As with other Trump international developments, Trump Org doesn't build or own the Punta del Este tower. Here it licenses the “Trump” name to Argentine developers and gets a cut of revenue for PR and sales a money laundering tax haven. Dirty or dodgy, the pay is good.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Alex J. Pettri, Nurse, 37 yr old former VA employee and student at University of Minnesota Medical School, sprayed with toxic chemicals and tackled to the ground by a group of ICE agents, after his attempt to assist a fallen observer. Killed by multiple gunshots.
Man believed to be 37-year-old US citizen shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis
Fatal shooting comes less than three weeks after Renee Good was killed by federal immigration agent in city
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:06 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Alex J. Pettri, Nurse, 37 yr old former VA employee and student at University of Minnesota Medical School, sprayed with toxic chemicals and tackled to the ground by a group of ICE agents, after his attempt to assist a fallen observer. Killed by multiple gunshots.
financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/venezuela-shock-threatens-alberta-budget Alberta faces its toughest fiscal situation since Covid. Trump's release of 50 million barrels of captured Venezuelan crude oil is depressing the price of one of the Canadian province’s largest sources of revenue.
Venezuela shock threatens to deepen Alberta's budget woes
Alberta is facing its toughest fiscal situation since COVID as a possible flood of Venezuelan oil depresses heavy crude prices. Read here
financialpost.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:39 PM
financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/venezuela-shock-threatens-alberta-budget Alberta faces its toughest fiscal situation since Covid. Trump's release of 50 million barrels of captured Venezuelan crude oil is depressing the price of one of the Canadian province’s largest sources of revenue.
www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/... There may be more technology in a tomato than in an iphone. Southeastern Spain center advances genetic research and high tech monitoring of soil conditions to produce crops in a challenging climate.
Southeastern Spain has a dry landscape. Sensor technology is bearing fruit.
Advances in agricultural tech play a key role in ensuring that crops receive what they need, particularly under extreme environmental conditions.
www.csmonitor.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:03 PM
www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/... There may be more technology in a tomato than in an iphone. Southeastern Spain center advances genetic research and high tech monitoring of soil conditions to produce crops in a challenging climate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Trump asks ‘whatever happened to global warming?’ Well, it could be making our winter storms worse. The stretching of the polar vortex is contributing to extreme weather in the US, and global heating is playing a role in accelerating this.
Trump says the big US winter storm is proof of climate hoax – here’s why he’s wrong
US president asks ‘whatever happened to global warming?’ Well, it could be making our winter storms worse
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:46 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Trump asks ‘whatever happened to global warming?’ Well, it could be making our winter storms worse. The stretching of the polar vortex is contributing to extreme weather in the US, and global heating is playing a role in accelerating this.
bbc.com/news/world-u... Experience, ethics, temperment. Why Jack Smith was chosen to lead the investigations into stolen files, mishandled national security documents, the criminal attempt to subvert an election.
Jack Smith: The special counsel investigating Donald Trump
Jack Smith was a top war crimes prosecutor at The Hague before he began investigating Donald Trump.
bbc.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:26 PM
bbc.com/news/world-u... Experience, ethics, temperment. Why Jack Smith was chosen to lead the investigations into stolen files, mishandled national security documents, the criminal attempt to subvert an election.
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Trump dropped his latest tariff threats in return for a “framework” that gave the United States essentially nothing it didn’t already have — and left behind a Europe that is finally united in resistance to his bullying.
Trump 0, Europe 1
Ignorance and contempt lose a round
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Trump dropped his latest tariff threats in return for a “framework” that gave the United States essentially nothing it didn’t already have — and left behind a Europe that is finally united in resistance to his bullying.
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Full story: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...
religionnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Full story: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
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Here’s Jared Kushner’s concept for Gaza. 🙄
January 22, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Here’s Jared Kushner’s concept for Gaza. 🙄
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youtu.be/PslOp883rfI?... We've got Trump's naked date, sunbathing on a beach with Bibi, Elon stuffing his mouth with hummus, and gold, gold, gold flowing from towers that launder dirty cash from every corner of the globe - drugs, guns, traffickers galore in Jared's vision of Gaza.
Donald Trump shares bizarre AI-generated video of 'Trump Gaza'
YouTube video by Guardian News
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January 23, 2026 at 12:04 AM
youtu.be/PslOp883rfI?... We've got Trump's naked date, sunbathing on a beach with Bibi, Elon stuffing his mouth with hummus, and gold, gold, gold flowing from towers that launder dirty cash from every corner of the globe - drugs, guns, traffickers galore in Jared's vision of Gaza.
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Left: President Trump says that the US never needed NATO
Right: On September 12th 2001, NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson, "The attack on 9/11 was directed from abroad, it is an action covered by Article 5"
Right: On September 12th 2001, NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson, "The attack on 9/11 was directed from abroad, it is an action covered by Article 5"
January 22, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Left: President Trump says that the US never needed NATO
Right: On September 12th 2001, NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson, "The attack on 9/11 was directed from abroad, it is an action covered by Article 5"
Right: On September 12th 2001, NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson, "The attack on 9/11 was directed from abroad, it is an action covered by Article 5"
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